Civil War Timeline / Chronology for 1870

January 17, 1870	Mississippi ratifies the 14th Amendment	Mississippi
	14th Amendment
January 26, 1870	The state of Virginia is granted readmission to Congress if the members of the Legislature agree never to amend their state constitution to denay the Negro the right of suffrage, the right to hold office, or their educational privileges	Virginia
February 9, 1870	The U. S. Weather Bureau is created as a direct result of the Civil War. Generals wanted accurate weather forecasts for battles. At first the Weather Bureau exists as part of the Signal Corps
February 18, 1870	Texas ratifies the 14th Amendment	Texas
	14th Amendment
February 23, 1870	Mississippi re-admitted to the United States
February 23, 1870	Mississippi granted representation in the U. S. Congress with the same provisions as Virginia
February 25, 1870	Hiram R. Revels takes his seat in the Senate from the state of Mississippi. Revels is black	Mississippi
March 28, 1870	General George Thomas dies,
	George Thomas
March 30, 1870	President Grant approves Texas congressional representation once the decree has been announced	Texas
	Ulysses S. Grant
March 30, 1870	15th Amendment to the Constitution is adopted. It states that no state shall deprive any citizen of the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
April 16, 1870	Military governor Joseph Jones ("JJ") Reynolds announces the act to readmit Texas to Congressional representation. It is his final action as military governor of Texas	Texas
July 15, 1870	Georgia granted readmission to the United States Congress	Georgia
August 14, 1870	Admiral David Farragut dies, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
	David Farragut
October 12, 1870	Robert E. Lee dies from complications arising from a stoke.	Virginia
	Robert E. Lee

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